Can I use these Rims? 5x114.3?

jbailey895 · 01-29-2010, 11:55 AM

Have some 19" OZ racing rims on brand new tires that I bought for an accord I owned for about 3 weeks. Would love to be able to slap them on my 07 E90 sport, but I know the lug pattern is wrong, these are 5 x 114.3 instead of 5 x 120, Discount Tire told me it would be unsafe to use adapters/spacers, is that correct?
Thanks for any input.

JOSG328I · 01-29-2010, 12:01 PM

I wouldn't run the adapters myself. There are alot of guys that run spacers/adapters, so I wouldn't really say they are unsafe, its just alot of tire shops don't like to accept liability for spacers/ adapters since they are a direct deviation from OE.

Why not just sell the OZ's and put the money towards some fresh new wheels.

remmib · 01-29-2010, 12:01 PM

If you can use adapters/spacers depends on the offset of those wheels.

Victory Road · 01-29-2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remmib

If you can use adapters/spacers depends on the offset of those wheels.

^^^what he said

A typical adaptor is atleast 15mm, so you will need a wheel with around 45mm offset, depending on the width of the wheel.

Adaptors, when properly installed, are not dangerous. Assuming you go with a quality brand.

jbailey895 · 01-29-2010, 05:32 PM

Cool, thanks guys, to be honest, I don't know how to tell what the offset of these wheels are, should there be a marking somewhere on the rim itself? Also, the rims are non-staggered, if I have an E90 sport ('07) do I have to run staggered rims? I'd imagine that might affect the offset as well.. .
I appreciate the assist
cheers,
joel

Tee212 · 01-29-2010, 05:40 PM

they can be redrilled to 5x120

jbailey895 · 01-29-2010, 05:42 PM

Hmm, is this safe? who does this? Thanx Joel

Tee212 · 01-29-2010, 05:45 PM

Contact LTBMW, he practice this on his own car iirc and does it at his machine shop.

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jbailey895 Private First Class 10 Rep 107 Posts Drives: E90 sport/prem/nav/CW/CA Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Diego iTrader: (0)	Cool, thanks guys, to be honest, I don't know how to tell what the offset of these wheels are, should there be a marking somewhere on the rim itself? Also, the rims are non-staggered, if I have an E90 sport ('07) do I have to run staggered rims? I'd imagine that might affect the offset as well.. . I appreciate the assist cheers, joel
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